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Slugshead
19th December 2009, 13:30
Need to clean them up proper good ;)

Something like brasso will do the jobby?

moxy89
19th December 2009, 15:46
autosol

J222JRA
19th December 2009, 16:30
Autosol, Wire wool and wet and dry.

Slugshead
19th December 2009, 16:51
Yeah got reccomended autosol down the shop so i got some of that, then got some wirewool and scouring pads from asda :) just waiting for the engine to cool a little! :D

Looking forward to shiny shine

Slugshead
19th December 2009, 16:51
Will post a pic when done ;)

Boxshape_Pearl
19th December 2009, 18:14
:cool:Will post a pic when done ;)

:) looking forward to it! I never really cleaned my cam cover before ;p so just wanna see how it looks with autosol

Evorilium
19th December 2009, 23:00
I got the wire brish on mine yesterday, had years of crime over it!
Just need to get my ass down to halfrauds to get some autosol!

Id be interested on how shiny you get yours!

dragstar
20th December 2009, 12:31
ı think wd40

karl-antro
20th December 2009, 15:26
I rubbed my down with wet and dry it is getting nice and smooth and shiny just need go grab some autosol then finish it off will try get some pics once ive also finished mine :y:

Slugshead
20th December 2009, 17:11
getting there, one part almost has mirror finish... gonna be a while though ahha...

taking a lot of time and effort to do this so im going to spread it out over a week haha

J222JRA
20th December 2009, 17:16
Fingers sore yet buddy lol??

Slugshead
20th December 2009, 17:57
Fingers sore yet buddy lol??

Haha more than sore, numb hands!

wardy123
24th December 2009, 21:56
any pics yet?

mendy
31st December 2009, 08:46
hi sorry to hi jack abit but if i take cam covers off do i have to replace a gasket at all?

Predator_R32
31st December 2009, 14:43
yes the gasket on a vts is a liquid one, so you will need to scrape the old stuff off and apply some new stuff

you can sometimes get away with the old stuff but for the cost of some new liquid gasket you may aswell do it for piece of mind